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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02
Canine Reasoning.

General George II. Sharpe lately told
me capital story. The hero of it was a
dog belonging to the Generals son-in-law,
Congressman Ira Davenport. The family
supplied the dog with a basket in which
a nickel was daily deposited. Selling
the handle of the basket with his teeth
he would trot to the butchers, buy him
self five cents worth of meat and trot
home again. Then having eaten all the
meat that his appetite craved he prudently
proceeded to bury the rest. Up to this
point there is nothing novel in the in
cident. Many a dog has been trained
to do its own marketing, while nothing
is more common than to see a dog bury
ing meat for rainy day. But listen to
the rest of the story. General Sharpe
says that one morning the dog, instead
Of bounding away as usual after his
basket had been handed to him, paused
in a cOntemplative attitude and then,
oyerturning the basket, seized the nickel
in his mouth and going off to one corner
of the garden proceeded to bury that
"YOu can see, - the General added, chow
the dog reasoned. 1t occurred to him
that if nickel was good for piece of
meat, he might as well bury the one
as the other 1t seems to me | never
met with a better example of canine ap-
probation of cause and effect. -Neio York
Tribune
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02
GnIf Mnnlrnrnl

Soak over night medium sized salt
mackerel. Next morning drain and boil
tifthen minutes, pour over it a little
melted butter and the juice of half a
lemon. Broiled salt mackerel always
looks poorer than when boiled. The di-
rect contact with the heat hardens its
surface, making it somewhat indigesti-
BILE. Should you insist on having it
broiled pour over it quart of hot water
before removing it from the broiler. This
softens them somewhat and swells them
to their normal size. Many object to
eating salt mackerel, claiming that they
are indigestible and complaining of the
long after taste. This unplessantness is
caused, says the New York Sun, by
flooding the food with liquids while eat
ing. Drink your coffee and other liquids
before eating or even tasting the fish,
and eat the fish and the rest of the
breakfast perfectly dry. Aboveall mas
ticate properly, and you will have no
further trouble.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02

A cotton flannel bag wrung out in cold
water and tied over a broom is the thing
with which to wipe floors where rugs, not
carpets, are used.
To remove kerosene from a carpet, lay
blotters or soft brown paper over the
spot and press with warm iron. Repeat
with fresh papers till the spot is re-
moved.
French toast is made of thin slices cut
from stale loaf and moistened in milk
and eggs; two eggs to a pint of milk,
and then fried on a griddle with mixture
of butter and lard, or butter and beef
drippings. 1t is eaten with sugar or
syrup, like griddle cakes.
A novel dish Take low glass dish,
lay on it some leaves of lettuce, then cut
slices not very thick (say, one quarter of
an inch) of the red and yellow tomato
two or three layers in all, more or less
then little salt, Pepper, and vinegar, or
the juice of lime or lemon, and lay some
broken ice over all.
Meats and their accompaniments;
With roast beef, grated horse radish;
pork, apple sauce; roast veal, tomato
sauce; roast mutton, current jelly; boiled
mutton, caper sauce; boiled chicken,
bread sauce; roast lamb, cranberry sauce
boiled turkey, oyster sauce; venison,
black cmrant jelly; boiled bluetish, white
cream sauce; broiled shad, boiled rice aud
salad; fresh salmon, green peas cream
sauce; roast goose, apple sauce.
The true French polish is said to be
one pint of spirits of wine, a quarter of
an ounce of gum copal, the same of gum
arabic, and one ounce of shellac. This
polish is used for plain wood that has
been stained in imitation of natural
wood. The principle of action is filling
the pores with gummy or Sosin",, pow.
bing. Elk An eing the polish up by rub
vi. 1HHhe simplest varnish is solution
! of shellac dissolved in naphtha.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02
Our Disappearing Forests.

In little while this earth will not be
a decent place of habitation. An earth
without vast forests cannot maintain its
inland water supply and the proper soil
conditions for the needs of agriculture
Our forests are disappearing with fright
full rapidity. In this country we have
less than 500, 600, 900 acres of forest area,
and the consumption is more than 90,
000, 600, 600 cubic feet annually. This
does not include the enormous annual
losses from forest fires. The forests
within easy reach will be practically eX-
hausted before any new crop started can
be ready for use, or can be of any ma
terial service in maintaining the proper
rainfall. Miil0aukee Sentinel
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02
Poisoned Arrows.

The Nome-cults were the only tribe in
the vicinity of Round Valley Gal who
used poisoned arrows. The largest rat
tlesnakes obtainable, and consequently
the most yenOmous, were caught and
killed, the poison glands carefully ex-
tracted and placed in the gall bladders of
animals until the whole became thorough
ly mixed and decomposed; the arrow
heads were then anointed with some
sticky substance, usually the pitch or sap
of the pine, and then dipped into the
composition and left for a fixed time.
These arrows were always used in war
fare, and also when the deer and other
game were wanted for the skins only.
The animal even if only slightly wounded
would soon swell up and die, and not be-
ing able to run very far would soon be
come up with - OoTidRd.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02
How verdi Facaped Annovauce.

A German newspaper relates capital
story Of the composer Verdi Some
years ago Verdi was visited by friend
in small bathing place, where he was
found quarteTcd in little room, which,
he said, served at once as dining, dwell
ing and bedroom. As the visitor ex-
pressed surprise, Verdi broke in: "Oh,
Ihave two other large rooms, but keep
the articles hired by me in them" With
this the composer rose from his seat,
opened door and showed his astonished
visitor ninety-fve barrel organs remark
ing: "When l came here, all these or
gans played 'Rigoletto, 'Trovatore, and
similar stuff. Ihave hired them from the
owners. 1 pay about I, 500 lire, and now
| can enjoy my summer rest without be-
ing disturbed.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02
-pIar5 can be SintadiHtet Recording
Application of Manure.

Not only is the preservation of the
manure with minimum loss a matter of
great Importance, but application to the
soil, OF to crops, is also an important
matter. Science would, perhaps, indi-
cate that to spread it upon the soil just
before plowing and then to SOW the seed
and have the roots of plants ready to alb
sorb the plant-food as fast as released by
decomposition, would be the better wav
of saving the valuable ingredients of
manure, but recent practice OF many far
mers would seem to afford evidence that
there are some things which chemists
have not yet satisfactorily explained.
Since the ordinary rotation of crops.
so generally adopted in Western New
York, has been practiced, that is, ma
nure upon clover and timothy sod, fol-
lowed 10y barley and oats, those crops by
wheat and that by meadow, many far
mers have practiced hauling out their
manure at convenient seasons; during
the winter, sometimes daily or weekly,
when the weather and circumstances
would permit, and continuing so TO
do until ready TO plow for
corn in the spring. Many farmers
AefN ho NiidN tic AhNbld dDit IT,
suits of this course were plainly visible
in the corn, and that on those parts of
the fields where manure was spread
earliest in winter the corn was best, the
growth diminishing as the time of spread
ing neared the time OF plowing. 4 Ger
man farmer who watched for several
years the effects of surface application OF
manure became convinced that load OF
quite raw, unfermented manure had
quite as much effect as a load of manure
that had been condensed and shrunkeu
by fermentation. If, then, farmers will,
by the use of absorbing litter and gyp-
sum and compacting in the stables OF
manure sheds, do what they can toward
preserving the manural elements before
the manure is applied TO the soil, and
will, from time to time through the win,
ter, when the weather is favorable. tho
earth frozen and little OF no snow
upon the surface, haul out and spread
the manure evenly over the surface, they
will do the best possible, in the light
now shed upon the subject by botl
science and experience toward husband
ing the manure Of the farm and prevent
ing the soil from deteriorating -Ameyt
can Rural Home.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02

We have n treat in store for our artistically
inclined readers in the advertisements of the
Ivory Soap. The first of the series of elegant
announcements of its many virtues appears in
this issue. The Ivory Soap must indeed he a
soap of rare merit IL continuous good things
Will become so interested in the beautifully
drawn pictures that they will be the first thing
looked for in the paper, even to having the pref
erence with our lady readers over the marriage
notices, and our business men will soon be con-
WINGED that advertising is not lost art nor is
art lost when applied to advertising The fact
that the space has been taken by such discrim.
mating advertisers as Proctor 4 Gamble is an
endorsement of what we have always claimed:
no better advertising medium exists than this
paper.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02
Farm AND GARDEN.
Pruning Peach Trees.

Peach trees produce fruit next year on
the present years growth. Consequently
this should not be cut away or shortened
too much. II is better to cat away a
portion Of the young growth wholly,
leaving sufficient wood to bear fruit next
season, and shorten this about one-third
so as to secure perfect ripening before
winter. 1t is the uuripe wood which is
killed by severe weather and the cold
winds in the winter; hence, the pruning
should be done early in the fall, in oc-
tober, for instance, rather than later. II
manure is applied it is better to defer
this until late in the winter, when it will
tenn to prevent early growth and escape
the danger from early frosts.-Nep York
Times.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02
Seed Corn.

Tho Importance of improving seed
corn by careful selection has been
preached from time out Of date, and ex-
pertinent has proven that there is also a
necessity for care in the storing of the
selected seed. In sections where short
seasons have to be provided for, early
varieties may not only be kept early, but
in two or three seasons be made still
earlier, by selecting for seed such ears
as ripen first. The Importance of choos-
ing fair-sized, well-developed ears taken
from stalks which produced at least two
ears, is also apparent to any one who has
given the subject any thought. In the
selection of seed corn too much care can
not be observed in keeping a well-tried
and desirable variety unmixed. Remem-
Der that two sorts growing in near prox-
unity will in the nature of things mix.
hence it is not wise to save f6r seed such
corn.
There does not appear to be any safer
course or better mode of sowing seed corn
than the old-time one of pulling back
and braiding the husks of twenty or more
cars together and then hanging these
braided strands of corn from the rafters
oil corn house, a smoke house, the attic
or some dry outhouse The corn must
be kept dry and ont of reach of rats and
mice. Dampness and mould will ruin it.
1t as a wise plan to select only we'll
rilpened ears. When picked little green
they do not dry quickly and are liable to
mould. Not few farmers plan to hang
their seed corn between the rafters of
their smoke houses, believeing that in
addition to the dryness there found, the
smoke permeating the kernels has an ex-
cellent effect as a preventive to insect
pests after the crop is planted. .-NeD York
World
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02
Farm aud Garden Notes.

Rye sown now will give a welcome bite
70 milch COWS several months later.
Feed pigs little and often. They have
small stomachs and great appetites and
they are easily gorged, but their diges-
tion is rapid
One Of the greatest drawbacks 70 be-
ginners in poultry raising is 10 attempt
20 keep fifty fowls in a house OF lot none
too large for twenty
Hogs are capital cleaners Of wheat.
fields, especially If there be also good
set Of clover in the field and drinking
water is convenient 10 them.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
NO Remore NriIdew from CIoth.


An exchange recommends to first wash
with soap, or steep in a weak solution
of caustic soda, rinse we'll and then
steep for several hours in a decanted
solution of chlorinated lime containing
one-half pound to the gallon; then rinse
thoroughly, aud dry in the sun. 1t may
he necessary in some cases to repeat the
operation. The above methods apply
only to uncolored cotton and linen fab
rics. Great care should be taken to en-
tirely remove the bleaching solution by
thoroughly rinsing, or the goods will be
rendered rotten. 1t would be advisable
to rinse first in weak vinegar zone pint
vinegar to a gallon of water), then in
water. For colored fabrics, the use of
good soap rubbed on the spots, with
thorough rinsing, and exposure to the
sunlight, is probably the safest means.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02
Mistaken Identify.

Der the top Of the high-backed rocker,
l could see her dainty head,
My lovely, darling Emma,
She whom | was soon to wed.
l crept up closer TO her,
Hoping to surprise her there;
My heart was humping wildly,
As softly stroked her hair.
kissed one rosy, dimpled cheek;
As went to kiss the other,
got better look at-himl
Great gunsl 1t was her brntherl
Detroit Free Press
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02
Feminine Perception.

"Oh dear how do hate TO see cold
weather coming sighed Miss Brown in
church the other day TO Miss de James.
Aud then Miss de James leaned over and
whispered to Miss Smyth;
Poor thing. don't suppose she ever
had a sealskin sacque TO her name. 4"
-AsTehaHt- Trdceler.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02
A New Method with DahIias.

A new method in Dahlia cultivation.
successfully practiced in France. is de-
scribed in Vick's Magazine. 1t consists
In pegging down the stems of the plants
as they grow; by so doing the foliage pre-
sents horizontal surface-a CARPET of
green-through which rise the flour
stems bearing the blooms.
In planting q bed for Dahlias TO be
trained in this manner, set the plants
with slight inclination, in order to fa-
vor laying down the stems afterward.
The stems are to be fastened down as
they grow, and so arranged as in time to
cover all the soil. Wooden pegs are
used for fastening, the same as in peg
ging down Verbenas, Petunias and other
plants.
The only care necessary is to direct
the flower stems, to an upright position.
Plants of strong growing varieties will
cover a space of square yard or more.
All the stems and branches should be
preserved and allowed to grow their full
length.
The pegs are used to keep the stems in
place at the commencement and after
ward can be pulled out and used again.
thus economizing them.
According to the writer in the Rerue
Horticote, from which these notes are
taken, this mode of culture will adapt
itself to great number of ornamental
combinations. Borders can be formed of a
single colored flower, or. on the contract
the colors can be varied, and y
S-s--S s.,S-- 'st-eA---.l ( SSot,I,:5rT OFT othe,
i-pIrrS can be siataydintet isccording tC
some prepared design.
In planting large grounds these idea
are well worthy of being put into prac
iice, and the skillful gardner will readil,
perceive the advantages offered.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02
Remembrance.

How like picture comes the past again.
With various scenes of pleasure and Of pain.
As musing in the lonely smoking-car,
l sit and speed toward home, from care afar.
How sweet to dream Of days that are no more
And live some happy moment DER and DER;
To resurrect the hours of many joys
And buried leave remembrance that annoys
'Tis pleasure unalloyed to think-Grea Scott,
How can / tell my wife that ! forgot
That thread and woTsted, what an awful bore,
Why couldn't remember that before.
Merchant TrdUeler.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02

prevents some doctors from advertising their
skill, but we are bound by no such convention.
al rules and think that ii we make a discovery
that is of benefit TO our fellows, we ought 10
spread the fact TO the whole land. Therefore
we cause TO be published throughout the land
the fact that DIR. U. v. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery" is the best known remedy for
(scrofula of the lungs and kim
dred diseases. Send 10 cents in stamps for DR..
Pierce's complete treatise ON consumption, with
unsurpassed means of fself-treatment Address,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, GO3
Main Street Buffalo, n. Y.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02

Town CLERK WHITAKER, OF Salem, Ill. has
a young Leghorn rooster that has fine ear foI
music. When Miss Whitaker seats herself AT
the piano to play he hurries into the room
through the door or window, flies upon the in.
strument, and, after looking at the keys for
short time, hops upon them and pounds out
notes that seem TO iii him with delirht
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02

IT appears that the number OF university Y
students in Germany which twenty wears agn
was l3,iOO, had risen to l1,SCO ten years ago land
is now $500; during the last five years the
number of students has increased 70 per cent
while the increase of population was only per
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02

Unlike other cathartics, DIR. Pierce's "Pel-
lets" do not render the bowels costive after
operation, but, on the contrary, establish per-
manently healthy action. Being entirely uoQc-
tdbte, no particular care is required while using
them. BY druggists.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02

Extraordinary but nevertheless true. We re-
fer TO the announcement of h. +. johnson d
10, ~, or IN whGh tney propose -
500 to 500 month over and phl ~ ornenses
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02

Is the title of large illustrated treatise, by Dr.
II. V. Pierce, Buffalo, n. y. sent 10 any address
for ten cents in stamps. 1t teaches successful
self-lreatment
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02

GERMANY has discovered that in a high sea
her torpedo boats are useless.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02

Sixty millions of matches are said to be
made daily in Akron, Ohio.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02

49,, 1,oYAL GLUE mends anythingl Broken Chi.
ma, Glass, Wood. Free Walls at Drugs & Gro
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02

FLORIDA; Its Advantages and Drawbacks" For
this book free Florida maps, books, lands tick
ets, address o. NJ CROSBY, Box l,Ss7 New York.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-11-02

A TEXAS woman has pet alligator that
wags his tail when his name is called.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-30
Jack Frost.
BY JESSIE W. H. AMEs.

Gaily down the mountain glen
ZONES JACK Frost, with all his men,
turning fields TO silver-white.
All IN n October night.
SIX long months have come and fled
Since we mourned Jack Frost as dead.
SIX long months of summer flowers.
summer sunshine, summer showers.
IN n springtime of the year,
when the ~snowdrup did appear.
ana the violet, blue and sweet.
bioomed In beauty At our feet;
When O tender touch of green
on the hill-tops could be seen.
ana the robin, on the wing.
sang n welcome back" to Spring.
hen with hearts with Joy opprest
!1ld we lay Jack Frost to rest:
waiting for SWEEP flowers to wave
In their beauty Ger his grave,
Once again the summers dead.
Al the bright sweet flowers have fed.
very soon Wen greet again
Oid JACK Frost and all his men.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-30

A man ought to be a manly man.
and a woman ought to be a womanly
woman. An. effeminate man and a
masculine woman are always offen-
sively abnormal. Yet the true man
Is sure to have a womanly aide to his
nature; and a true woman is sure to
nave certain attributes of the best
maniiness. But there is all the differ
ence In the world between womanli-
ness and e~ffeminacy, and between
manliness and masculinity--in man
or woman.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-30
Ministcring.

"Whnt though your feet are often
On ccascless erranGs sent: '
Ana tired shoulders ache and ache so sorelv
Meath heavy burdens bcntP
hc patlent, lest the ones whom you are serv.
Ing ~
Bc soon beyond your care:
i'tnc llttle way ward feet that you are guiding.
slip past you unaware"
An then. no JOY would seem SO dear and
as spending months and years
IN ceasciesS service for the vanished darlinps
50 vainly mourned with tears.
around you, ~
DO not regret yonr care;
Far easier aching feet and arms and should.
erH,
Ihan aching hearts to bear"
And still beyond your household duties
reaching, ~
Stretch forth u helping hand:
80 many stand in need of loving comfnr,
AL over thisw wide land;
Fcrchance some soul you aid to-day, to-mor.
row
May with the angels sing:
Some one may 20 straight from yonr earthly
table '
TO banquet with the King"
Unidentified.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-30

What a cruel book-review is that
given of a volume of poems by the
Aaferd'y World, which says "The
book has a cubic content of III inches :
it contains COS pages, comprises 1--WE
take the authors word for it) 800
poems, and it weighs two pounds three
ounces-all for 50, with the portrait of
the author thrown in"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-30

Reading Is n of the greatest conso-
latlons in life it is the nurse Of vir-
tue; the upbolder in adversely !; the
prop of independence; the support of
AUST pride; the strengthened of ele-
waited opinions; it is the shield against
the tyranny of all the petty passions;
1t is the repeller of the FOOLS scott and
the knave's poison.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-30

The last step, the last thought, on
earth, means goodbye to the last CD.
portunity.
None are ruined by the justice OF
God but those who will not be reform
ed by the grace of God.
IT Is a matter of the simplest demon
stration that no man a be really ap.
prssiatsd bat by his equal or supporter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-30

A little black boy stood with his
small sister at the edge of a water-lily
pond in Florida. "Ephrim," said the
girl, "What makes so many cat-tails
grow in dis hear pom ?" "Doan you
know" inquired Ephrlm /; "why dey
grow up from kittens dat people hez
drowned in de pom, Of course"
Goethe gives us a very small grip on
things when he asserts that 1--WE do
not possess what we do not under
stand" We think he should have
made a n exception in the case of
heumatism.-Lo,UeU Citizen.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-30
Young Isaac Walton.

Mamma Ito Walter, who had just re-
turned from his first experience with
a hshing-rod:) what, back 80 soon ~
Walter: "fes, IN I thought I'd
come home. The worms were so ner-
vous I couldn't get 'em on the hook.n
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-30

The circulation of the blood was dis
covered by Michael Servitus, a French
physician. in 1868, re~discovered by
Cisalpinus in 1859, and more complete
y by Harvey In 1898.